Surgical clients who have chronic respiratory diseases are MOST likely to develop which postoperative complication?
a. atelectasis c. hypovolemic shock
b. stroke d. myocardial infarction
A
Client with chronic respiratory problems, such as asthma and COPD, impair the client's gas exchange and increase the client's risk associated with inhalation anesthetic agents. It is because of these factors that the client is more likely to develop atelectasis and pneumonia.
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